Improvement in processes of painting signs on cloth



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICEJ ADOLPH STEMPEL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PROCESSES OF PAINTING SIGNS ON CLOTH.

Specification forming part of Letters Pa'ent No. 144,574, dated November 11, 11:73; application filed May 7, 1873. I

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH STEMPEL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Process for Painting Show- Cards and Signs on Cloth; and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof.

This invention relates to an improved process for producing show-cards and signs on cloth in an easy, expeditious, and very cheap manner, on canvas, muslin, or any other suitable fabric, of any desired color. I stencil or paint the words, figures, or letters of the design in water-colors, and, after a thorough drying, I dip the sign into the oil and hang it up to dry. The oil protects the colors from the effects of moisture and other atmospheric influences, which would, if exposed thereto, speedily obliterate them; in fact, giving the sign allthe durability of an oil-painting, at a fraction of its cost.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The described process for making signs, consisting in stenciling or painting in water-colors upon muslin or cloth the desired letters, and then, after drying, saturating the sign with oil, as and for the purpose described.

ADOLPH STEMPEL.

Witnesses:

WM. H. Lorz, EMIL HARKER. 

